Teach our kids to connect with technology, not take tests

Shelly Blake-Plock, thes blogger-in-chief at TeachPaperless.com who also he leads courses in 21st century teaching at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, says the fashionable emphasis on educational accountability through standardized testing is ill preparing students. Instead, he says, we should focus on new technology and social media in education.

Shelly Blake-Plock, thes blogger-in-chief at TeachPaperless.com who also he leads courses in 21st century teaching at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, says the fashionable emphasis on educational accountability through standardized testing is ill preparing students. Instead, he says, we should focus on new technology and social media in education.

Shelly Blake-Plock, thes blogger-in-chief at TeachPaperless.com who also he leads courses in 21st century teaching at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, says the fashionable emphasis on educational accountability through standardized testing is ill preparing students. Instead, he says, we should focus on new technology and social media in education.